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an antidote for poison

  • 1 alexipharmacon

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  • 2 alexipharmacon

    ălexĭpharmăcon, i, n., = alexipharmakon, an antidote for poison, only in Plin. 21, 20, 84, § 146.

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  • 3 ambrosia

    1.
    ambrŏsĭa, ae, f., = ambrosia.
    I.
    Lit., ambrosia, the food of the gods (as nectar was their drink):

    non enim ambrosiā deos aut nectare laetari arbitror,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65; Ov. P. 1, 10, 11:

    Suaviolum dulci dulcius ambrosiā,

    Cat. 99, 2.—Hence: orator ambrosiā alendus, prov. once in Cic., qs. a god among orators, of a distinguished orator (opp. faenum esse), Cic. de Or. 2, 57.— Also food for the steeds of the gods:

    equos ambrosiae suco saturos,

    Ov. M. 2, 120; 4, 215 (acc. to Hom. Il. 5, 368 and 369).—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The unguent of the gods (so, ambrosia, Hom. Il. 14, 170;

    16, 670): ambrosiā cum dulci nectare mixtā Contigit os,

    Ov. M. 14, 606:

    liquidum ambrosiae diffundit odorem,

    Verg. G. 4, 415; id. A. 12, 419.—
    B.
    The name of several plants, esp. of the botrys or artemisia, Turkish mugwort: Choenopodium botrys, Linn.; Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.—Another plant of this name, Plin. 27, 8, 31, § 55.—
    C.
    An antidote to poison, Cels. 5, 23.
    2.
    Ambrŏsĭa, v. Ambrosie.

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  • 4 medicamentum

    mĕdĭcāmentum, i, n. [medicor], a drug, remedy, physic, medicine, medicament.
    I.
    Lit.:

    medicamentum alicui dare ad aquam intercutem,

    Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92:

    haurire,

    Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 174:

    sumere,

    to take, Curt. 3, 6, 3:

    componere,

    to compound, Plin. 32, 9, 34, § 106:

    somnificum,

    id. 37, 10, 57, § 158:

    medicamenta salubria,

    Liv. 8, 18:

    salutaria,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132.—Also of remedies applied externally:

    medicamentis delibutus,

    Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—
    B.
    Transf., like the Gr. pharmakon, a drug, a potion.
    1.
    A hurtful drug, poison: quaerit ibidem ab Hannibale, cur biberit medicamentum, Varr. ap. Non. 345, 23:

    coquere medicamenta,

    Liv. 8, 18:

    medicamentis partum abigere,

    Cic. Clu. 11, 32:

    medicamento sagittas tingere,

    Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101:

    amatorium,

    a love-potion, philter, Suet. Calig. 50; of an enchanted potion, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 80.—
    2.
    A tincture for dyeing, a color, dye, mordant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 521, 20:

    crassius,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 3:

    rudia,

    Plin. 35, 6, 26, § 44.—
    3.
    A seasoning, condiment, Col. 12, 20.—
    4.
    A paint, wash, cosmetic, Sen. Ben. 7, 9, 2.—
    5.
    A plastering, Vop. Firm. 3.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    A remedy, relief, antidote (rare but class.):

    multorum medicamentum laborum,

    Cic. Clu. 71, 201:

    doloris medicamenta illa Epicurea,

    id. Fin. 2, 7, 22:

    panchrestum medicamentum (sc. pecunia),

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 4.) An embellishment:

    medicamenta fucati candoris, et ruboris,

    Cic. Or. 23, 79.—
    C.
    An enchantment:

    ne quid mali medicamenti inferretur,

    Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 142.

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